distribution.getSeries() raises HTTPError on redirect

[dobey]

Attmpeting to do dsitribution[u'Ubuntu'].getSeries(name_or_version=u'maverick') results in the following:

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 484, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "./bin/lp-buildrecipe", line 47, in __login_and_go
    series = distro.getSeries(name_or_version=self.series)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/resource.py", line 528, in __call__
    url, in_representation, http_method, extra_headers=extra_headers)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/_browser.py", line 277, in _request
    raise HTTPError(response, content)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 301: Moved Permanently
Response headers:
---
content-length: 0
content-type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:02:23 GMT
location: https://api.edge.launchpad.net/1.0/ubuntu?ws.op=getSeries&name_or_version=%22maverick%22
server: zope.server.http (HTTP)
status: 301
vary: Accept,Accept-Encoding
via: 1.1 wildcard.edge.launchpad.net
x-content-type-warning: guessed from content
x-powered-by: Zope (www.zope.org), Python (www.python.org)
---
Response body:
---

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[Gary Poster (gary)]

Confirmed. The work around is to use distribution[u'ubuntu'].getSeries(name_or_version=u'maverick') . That is, use u'ubuntu' instead of u'Ubuntu'. Eventually we'll get around to making launchpadlib more robust for this.